30 comments:

That was Good! Get yourself some music and you can be the Irish Eurovision entry for 2009. :) I can see it either with a very jaunty happy tune, or a dark one in a minor key so that the lyrics come out sounding all ironic...

Know what's fascinating? I started off thinking this was about a woman's influence [especially the ear thing], but then some of it made me wonder if it also wasn't about a man growing into a father, setting an example?

Hi Catherine-from-months-ago. How come I never replied? Wot a Noob I wuz!! :)

Thank you Donnie Darko - what a good name for a character in a play... hmmm.... ....

Decmeadow - Time has not weakened the joy of your comment. Blessings. :)

Rachel - it sounds like a country song to me too. One of heroes is John Prine and I think I'm JP influenced with this lyric.

Ametyl from the Bebo world. IS it an oxygenated athmosphere, or do I need the mask down there on Bebo-world?

Brady Frost - unripe bananas rock!! (hard).

Susan - Eurovision - mention it to Marian, she might pull a few strings... get Dustin back to do it.

Hi Sweetwater - Definitely a happy song, oh yeah.

Hope: If I wanna be a writer, I have to learn to stop revealing the true meaning and be a bit enigmatic. So... (smirks meaningfully in a rather sickening way and keeps silent) :)

Beatles eh? I hadn't thought of that. Come on Paul, I know you read this....

Cecelia: Wow! I just did that. You've just cooled me up by about 200%. It's not at all what I have in mind but it works... it actually works. How *clever* are you? Go try it peeps, rap the words to the music - too late for Christmas No 1?

Try a little if you fancy it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKY8j6vCuJM

Jena: you can do no wrong, you know that.

Hi Koe: It is meant to be a little touching so I'm pleased you thought that.

Hi Cleo, Yeah, I have a red sweater that perks me up no end. Go figure. :)

Hi Debbie: As Neil Diamond might say, 'Sing it loud, sing it strong'... how does it go anyway?

Thanks Carol, it's meant to be fun (as well as all the other things I've now probably claimed it's meant to be). The first line was what started me off - and, believe me, that is unusual for me. I always used to run out in the traffic without regard for personal safety. That changed, wonder why? :)

Thank you Margaret, I certainly feel appreciated.

As for a song for you, let's make a start at least.

We used to hide in shadowsthe things we could not show.I knew I thought the world of herbut the world just could not know.

But now we're in the openand the world can plainly seethat I've got my eye on MargaretAnd she's got her eye on me.

'Tis a great song. I have no musical ability muself but I found if I started singing it to "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" I was actually able to make a tune of it - it required some major changes to be sure but starting with that as a starting point seems to be a step in the right direction. It seemed to almost mix with McCartney's "Silly Love Songs" at points if that helps at all. CHEERS!

Following a pleasant exchange of tweets last night, I printed out the lyrics and tried some music. For good or bad the first idea I tried seemed to fit. Listen to or download the MP3. (I'm just playing my son's 3/4 size guitar...)

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